service

A new offshore crewboat, eighth in a series
built for the same owner, has been delivered
by Halter Marine Services, Inc., Chalmette
(La.) Division, to Gray Mackenzie and Company,
Ltd., Bahrain.
The new vessel is the Grayflier, a 78-foot
crewboat whose home port will be Dubai.

SeaWave LLC's family of products
include voice and data marine communications,
weather, tracking and billing.
SeaWave Integrator 3.0 and SeaWave
Navigator 2.0, the core of the marine
communications suite, include both
hardware and Microsoft Windows-based
software.

There is a growing interest
throughout the industry lately in
a new navigation system, the
VIEWNAV™ System which can
increase the number of days a vessel
is able to operate each year. It
also facilitates safe navigation in
crowded harbors and waterways,

Since January of this year,
Maptech, Inc. has supplied nautical
chart CD-ROM discs for the popular
NavGraphic II GPS/LORAN Electronic
Charting System. The
NavGraphic II is manufactured by
Trimble Navigation, Ltd. of Sunnyvale,
Calif.
The NavGraphic

While electronic manufacturers are quickly rolling out more and more advanced gadget r\\ one company
finds that its customer support growth was equally important.
Recent trends in the shipping industry are changing
how suppliers of marine equipment handle customer
support.

Robertson has now extended the
applications potential of the Robertson
Subsea Gyrocompass (RSG)
with the development of a remote
control.
The remote control facility incorporates
a high degree of microprocessor
technology. The most
immediate

While not monitoring and control per se, the new Mini-M Optimizer, VComm IP
from Boatracs — a business unit of Advanced Remote Communication Solutions —
is designed to enable boat owners and operators as never before. Launched in early
December in New Orleans,

Phoenix Products Company, Inc.,
a Milwaukee manufacturer of loading
dock, mining and marine lights,
has acquired most of the Midland
Ross Russellstoll Division lighting
line from FL Industries, Livingston,
N.J.
The purchase, for an undisclosed
amount of cash,